Course description
Interpreting Financial Statements
The aim of this one-day course is to provide a practical introduction to financial statements with an emphasis on relevant interpretation and evaluation techniques. It is intended for professionals who have little or no training in finance and who use company accounts and publicly available financial information to aid marketing, credit, procurement or other business decisions.
This Interpreting Financial Statements course is available throughout the UK.
CPD Value 5.5 Hours
Outcome / Qualification etc.
- An understanding of the purpose and content of the three financial statements and how they relate to one another.
- Knowledge of ratios and other evaluation techniques
Training Course Content
- 09:30 - 10:00 Coffee & Course Objectives
- 10:00 - 11.15 Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet (Structure, content, terminology, purpose and inter-relationship)
- 11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break
- 11:30 - 12:15 Key Accounting Issues (Accruals, measurement issues, accounting concepts, accounting standards, groups, shortcomings of financial information)
- 12:15 - 12:45 Working Capital (The working capital cycle, management of working capital, variations from company to company)
- 12:45 - 13:45 Lunch Break
- 13:45 - 14:30 Cash Flow (Cash flow statement, cash versus profit, importance of cash flow)
- 14:30 - 16:30 Evaluation Techniques (Liquidity, efficiency, risk, profitability, ratio analysis, limitations of ratios).
- 16:30 Summary & Action Plans Agreed
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Reviews
Average rating 5
Geoff really took the time to understand our needs so we got a very personal worthwhile adaptation of the course. Thank-you.
Good delivery, well presented and very informative. Very useful overall.
Expenses
Fee includes all course materials, Participant packs, certification and lunch
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